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RIMRyesterday at 9:35 AM1 replyview on HN

Just a heads up that everyone can still see the comment you made on your profile because it wasn't removed by moderator action. It was downvoted to oblivion because it was an attack on another user for using AI.

That user said that they use OpenClaw to scrape city meetings for context so that they can more efficiently participate in local politics. You then attacked them, accusing them of "leaving AI slop comments on public city meetings", which isn't what they said they were doing at all.

I see absolutely no problem in using AI to summarize large quantities of information (such as a collection of city meeting notes). Summarization is one of the places that AI really shines right now, and if it helps people wrap their head around what is happening in their communities, good!

I understand a healthy skepticm of AI. Everyone should have some degree of that. But maybe avoid the urge to publicly shame people for their use of AI, especially on a site like this where that won't be received well. Or, if you're going to offer criticism, show some tact.


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mvdtnzyesterday at 7:02 PM

You're referring to a different comment. This is the comment I left which was removed, word for word,

> What does Telegram/Discord have to do with anything? The OP never mentioned either of these software suites. In fact the only mention of Telegram anywhere in the entire thread is you copy-pasting this exact message.